The audio in this clip was recorded last November with one of my long duration recorders at a friend's backyard which borders a small ravine.  This ravine appears to get some unusual activity at night as well as during daylight hours.

Nov20 2014 ThursNght LDR 900PM WadesBackyrd Nov20and21ClipCompilationFunnyTalkingVocalsFltd  S

This clip starts out with a 'whoop' vocal at the 1sec mark which is immediately followed by several simultaneous vocals at the 2sec mark.

TASCAM DR-08

June25 2016 LDR LW8hr2115WHOOPMultipleVOCALIZERSFltd  75

The audio in this clip was recorded right about 11:15pm on the evening of Oct. 30, 2015 in one of my very active research locations. The clip starts out with what I believe to have been a rock getting thrown into a nearby tree top off to the left.  The vocalizer starting at 42sec usually can be heard in the early morning hours and not this close to the recorder in the evening as was the case here.  Along with these vocals, the recorder also picked up activity in both channels including what sounds like foot steps at 33sec coming from the right. At 1:34min I believe I can hear a rock clack.  My recorder did capture this same vocalizer several times again over the course of the following early morning hours in this same area.

TASCAM DR-03

Oct30 2015 FridNght LDR WL 1hr1500 EveningVOCALSNearbyActivitiesFltd  8

This audio was recorded right about 4:17am on the morning of Oct. 22, 2015 in one of my very active research locations. There are several vocalizers in this track which at one point seemed to move closer to the recorder. At 11sec one can hear a faint "Uuaah' type vocal followed by what almost sounds like a kind of singing in the left channel. There are more 'Uuaah' vocals at the 17sec and 28sec marks(right channel). At 38sec there is a flat horn type  'whoop' which is followed by a rock clack coming from close by. At the 3min28sec one can hear another rock clack close to the recorder which seems to be a response to another sound coming from nearby.

Oct21 2015 WedNght LDR10PM WL6hr1747NiceVOCALSRockClacks 39

The vocals in this track were recorded in one of my research locations in the early morning of Oct. 22, 2015. They occurred as a vehicle was backing up on a nearby road and at the same time emitting the typical beeping sounds. I filtered out most of the beeping sounds, but they can still be heard faintly in the background.  At the four second mark, I can hear two rock clacks which were picked up by the right hand channel, though they did not come from the direction of the road.  I find these vocals somewhat reminiscent of some unusual sounds that were recorded by someone else in a horse camp.

Oct21 2015 WedNght LDR10PM WL6hr5808 VehicleBeepingSTRANGEVOCALS 49

On the morning of Oct. 16, 2015, right about 6:50am, my recorder picked up some very funny vocals. Whatever produced these vocals was in fairly close range of the recorder. Just before these vocals were recorded, there was a rock clack at the 2sec mark which came from the right.

Oct15 2015 SatNght LDR10PM WL8hr5020VeryFunnyVOCALS

On the evening of Oct. 22, 2015, at about 10:22pm, my recorder picked up a series of 'whoop' vocals that occurred as an airplane was flying overhead. At the beginning of the track there are several very faint 'whoops' which seem to have initiated a series of vocals from some individuals that were closer to the recorder. There are also several knocking sounds in the beginning of the track. I have found that in this particular location, the various vocalizers are far more careful with their vocals in the evening than during the morning hours when the noise of the nearby rush hour traffic is going on.

Oct22 2015 ThursNght LDR10PM WL22min40AirplaneWHOOPSeriesFltd  4

On the night of Oct. 22, 2015, a few minutes before 3:00am, my recorder picked up what sounds like a very soft footed individual jumping from the right past the recorder and then landing on the left and taking a few more steps. Afterwards, thru the remainder of the clip one can hear more soft steps near the recorder, some faint vocals at the 1min56sec mark, rock clacks coming from different directions nearby and a series of vocals originating from more of a distance.

Oct22 2015 ThursNght LDR10PM WL4hr5301BipedJUMPINGRockClcksVOCALS 31

During the night of Oct. 24, 2015, about 1:08am, my recorder captured sounds of what I believe may have been a deer hunt. The clip starts out with a rock clack coming from close by to the left of the recorder. The rock clack is soon followed by a running deer approaching from the left, passing the recorder and stopping for a moment as a second deer comes running. They both run off to the right. I have the impression that they were fearful of something. After the deer had left, the recorder picked up several more rock clacks coming from the right and the left. It seems to me that two individuals were observing the deer and communicating with each other.

Oct24 2015 SatNght LDR10PM WL3hr0753LikelyDEERHUNTRockClacks 15

The audio in this clip was recorded on the night of Oct. 23, 2015 at about 12:21am. The clip contains several instances of sounds originating from some vehicles along with several unusual vocals which occurred at the same time. I believe the vocals were produced by several separate vocalizers and may have been intended to imitate the sounds of screeching car tires.  In the background of the loud vocal which begins at 25sec, I also detected a 'whoop' vocal. Towards the end of the clip, at 36sec and 40sec one can hear two faint whistle like sounds followed by a rock clack which seemed to have come from fairly close proximity to the recorder.

Oct23 2015 FridNght LDR10PM LW2hr2135VehiclesSoundsUnusualVOCALSRockClack

The audio in this clip was recorded on the night of Oct. 14, 2015 at about 3:40am.  The audio starts out with a short vocal at 5sec which I cannot identify.  This first short vocal is followed by some strange simultaneous vocals at the 11sec mark. At the 15sec mark the recorder picked up a faint rock clack followed by another one that seems to have originated pretty close to the recorder.

Oct14 2015 WedNght LDR10PM WL5hr4045StrangeSimltnsVOCALSRockClacks 12

This track contains a series of vocals along with a number of rock clacks coming from different directions throughout the track - some from within close range of the recorder. A couple of times two vocalizers do simultaneous vocals. At the 3:34min mark, if one listens closely, the recorder picked up a fairly faint three part vocal.

Oct14 2015 WedNght LDR10PM WL6hr4110NOTRoostersROCKClacks 16

This clip was recorded last Tuesday night.

Gudrun Hrizuk

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